USS William M. Wood (DE-287)

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History
Name: USS William M. Wood
Namesake: William Maxwell Wood (1819–1880), a U.S. Navy officer and surgeon, first Surgeon General of the United States Navy and first Medical Director of the U.S. Navy
Builder: Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Massachusetts[1] or Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, South Carolina [2] (proposed)
Laid down: Never
Fate: Construction contract cancelled 12 March 1944
General characteristics
Class & type: Rudderow destroyer escort
Displacement:
  • 1,450 tons (standard)
  • 1,810 tons (full load(
Length:
Beam: 36 ft 10 in (11.23 m)
Draft: 9 ft 8 in (2.95 m)
Installed power: 12,000 shaft horsepower (16 megawatts)
Propulsion: 2 CE boilers, General Electric turbines with electric drive, 2 screws
Speed: 24 knots (44.5 kilometers per hour)
Range: 5,050 nautical miles (9,353 kilometers) at 12 knots (22.25 kilometers per hour)
Complement: 12 officers, 192 enlisted men
Armament:

USS William M. Wood (DE-287) was a proposed United States Navy Rudderow-class destroyer escort that was never built.

Sources differ on William M. Wood's planned builder; plans called for either Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard at Hingham, Massachusetts[1][3][4][5] or the Charleston Navy Yard at Charleston, South Carolina [2] to build her. The contract for her construction was cancelled on 12 March 1944 before construction could begin.

The name William M. Wood was transferred to the destroyer escort USS William M. Wood (DE-557).

Notes

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